Is being gay a sin according to your religion?

[Taylor Seraphim]

No....it is not in accordance with scriptural teaching...

Do you believe morality comes solely from Christian scripture?

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

Many decades of religious practice....

Why would you do such practices if you where not yet religious?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Do you believe morality comes solely from Christian scripture?

No....from religious practice....

 

[Draka]

No....it is not in accordance with scriptural teaching...

And this is why morals are subjective, not objective. Your opinion that it is not moral is simply that, an opinion. Many people find it entirely moral.

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Why would you do such practices if you where not yet religious?

Belief that there was reality on the other side of the religious teaching...

 

[Ben Dhyan]

And this is why morals are subjective, not objective. Your opinion that it is not moral is simply that, an opinion. Many people find it entirely moral.

More of an understanding than an opinion...

 

[Draka]

More of an understanding than an opinion...

No, an opinion. It is your opinion that you understand something. It is your opinion that something is immoral. Just opinions.

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

Belief that there was reality on the other side of the religious teaching...

But if you had belief in that, then you where already religious.

So therefore that was not the beginning of you being religious.

Can I ask why you first started doing religious activities?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

No, an opinion. It is your opinion that you understand something. It is your opinion that something is immoral. Just opinions.

No...it is your opinion that my understanding is an opinion... Understanding is not the same thing as an opinion.. but I accept your opinion...

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

No....from religious practice....

Therefore do you believe that people who are not religious cannot be moral?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

But if you had belief in that, then you where already religious.

So therefore that was not the beginning of you being religious.

Can I ask why you first started doing religious activities?

Yes...religious faith is a prerequisite for the realization...

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Therefore do you believe that people who are not religious cannot be moral?

To some extent....yes..

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

Yes...religious faith is a prerequisite for the realization...

So it can only be found to be true if you already believe in it?

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

To some extent....yes..

Can you specify what you mean by "to some extent"?

 

[Draka]

No...it is your opinion that my understanding is an opinion... Understanding is not the same thing as an opinion.. but I accept your opinion...

As well as I will accept that you are of the opinion that your understanding is more than just the opinion it is.

 

[Ben Dhyan]

So it can only be found to be true if you already believe in it?

Yes...but the realization reveals that the belief was not real....

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

Yes...but the realization reveals that the belief was not real....

If this is true, then how could anyone convert to your religion?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Can you specify what you mean by "to some extent"?

Religious realization requires a greater sacrifice of selfishness...

 

[Ben Dhyan]

If this is true, then how could anyone convert to your religion?

It is not my religion....it is just religious practice...

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

Religious realization requires a greater sacrifice of selfishness...

But as you could see by my signature I also believe that selflessness is virtue and I am not religious.

Can we therefore agree that morality can come from places besides religion?